Hello all,
I've been meaning to join th(is|ese) forums for some time now, and finally did it!
My name's Chris. I (currently) hail from a town out on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state, called Port Orchard.
It was quite rual when I moved out here some years ago (the way I like it). But these times are a changin'. Anyway, as
Stovebolt goes; I've had some 6 60' GM trucks. All chevys but one; Frank(enstein) a 63 3/4 ton GMC. My current drive
Ol'Blue is a 64 C20 (long stepside). She wasn't blue when she was born. But the kids who owned her before me took a
spray bomb to her.
Anyway, she's not much to look at. But I love her just the same, as all those before her. She even
still has all her wood in the bed; tho not in very good shape. But hey! she's 54 yrs old!
She came with a 292 (detroit iron). But my younger brother also has one, a 66 that he bought with a Mr Goodwrench 292
in it he wanted to swap out for a new V8. So I snathced it from him, so I could build up the original, and still keep her as
my daily driver. So she's now running a 70-something (73?) Mexican 292. Some say they're better because they have thicker
walls. But I say; unless yer planning to bore it out to a 309, or something. It's all just dead weight. The reason those walls
are thicker, is because those new blocks aren't "seasoned" like they used to do when I was young. So unless they make
'em thicker. They'll twist out of shape. Back when I was young they would cast all those blocks, and dump 'em out in the
yards in Saginaw, and Detroit, and let 'em season there for years. Before they bored, and decked (machined) them for their
intended destination (rig). So all the stress in the metal casting was gone by the time they milled them up.
Anyway. Now that I've got the original engine out. My plan is to (at least) tear her down, and clean, and inspect. Followed
by a "standard" rebuild. Then bolt on headers (cast preferably) and fab up an intake that'll accommodate (at least) 3
SU/Webber veriable-venturi (side-draft) carbs. I hate that they put those horrible Rottenchesters on these great motors.
So it MUST go, and I think this type of setup is the perfect replacement.
Last (in this phase anyway) I'll replace the points
ignition with an electronic version. More for the additional R's than anything else.
Well, I'll stop here fer now. I'd post some pics. But the weather isn't cooperating today. So I'll post back when it stops raining.
Thanks for listening!
--Chris
OK here's some of those pictures of Ol'Blue I promised (they're big).
These are all from when I first got her. She changed a little since then.
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http://BoltBucket.ORG/OlBlue/LF-corner.jpeg[/img]
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http://BoltBucket.ORG/OlBlue/LR-view.jpeg[/img]
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http://BoltBucket.ORG/OlBlue/RearView.jpeg[/img]
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http://BoltBucket.ORG/OlBlue/RR-view.jpeg[/img]
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http://BoltBucket.ORG/OlBlue/RR-view02.jpeg[/img]
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http://BoltBucket.ORG/OlBlue/RS-view.jpeg[/img]
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